are their any radiator repair things that actually work?

[gimpy limp]

dunno how many times ive bought radweld put it in when warm with the engine running and it hasn't worked (I think it's like 5/6 quid a pop aswell?).

It's only a sneaky small leak but it's all dripping down onto my downpipes.
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[Walloper]

Barrs Leaks. (That's the name)
Nowt else.
Follow instructions.
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Any leak probably means new radiator time. Bike radiators are tiny. Radweld stuff probably block it in the wrong place. Even if it stops a leak you'll only be running on part of the radiator so not very efficient.

FWIW I've always been told the old trick of using an egg works best. Never tried it myself but have had several first hand stories of it working.
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[Rob W]

[gimpy limp]

it does look slightly dodgy actually just ran a goodle search:

https://www.dodgedakotas.com/boards/per/3244.html

see last post. Maybe not ideal on a 26year old engine
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[finpos]

If the rad's old and tired, change it. I'll be springing new leaks on a regular basis in the near future.

If it's in good condition and just been punctured by a stone or something, try crimping together the channel each side of the hole with fine pliers and then using chemical metal or some other epoxy type stuff to seal it from the outside.

And then you'll need to figure out how to get all the radweld gunk out of the water channels in your engine.

fin.

[nsr_rk_boy]

the egg trick works.......... crack the egg get rid of the yoke and put the rest in.


in fact it works better than radweld

[bish777]

if you can locate the leak externally you can repair it with JB weld or similar.
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[Teaman]

https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/holts-rad-weld_W0QQitemZ4582392060QQcategoryZ40019QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Ive used it on my old gpz,, had a prob with a leaky pipe worked a treat,, also mended a bad leak on my old cx radiator
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[0ddball]

I though i was having deja vu when i saw this post. Then i realised i'd just seen your post on mig.

Despite the cost i'd get a new one. Even if you bodged the old one up it would probably fail completely sometime in the future and leave you stranded.
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[tatters]

super glue and a pair of long nosed pliers can be used to fix leaking fins, l,ve used this method quite a few times to fix small pentrations.
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[gimpy limp]

lol

70 quid down the drain cry's
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[Walloper]

[mr.z]

There are companys that will rebuild your radiator for £70/80/90 (my cx/b cost 70) appart from buying a new/second hand one this is the best way of going about it..

Have you thought about buying a donor bike?
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